Improved machine for making horseshoes



'EDWINF WAsssLL, ror Woons RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Laim Patent Nol 100,5

70, dated March s, 1870.

:Mraovnn MACHINE ron' MAKING H oRsEsHoEs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. j

To all whom fit may lconcern: Be it known that I, EDWIN WAssELm of 'Woods i Run, in the county ot'l Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvenientin Horseshoe-Machines;4 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beiughad to the accom'- panying drawings and to the letters and tigures of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in arranging `on a wheel o r disk, a series of yielding dies, corresponding to the form of the `horseshoe desired, and in .combination with said dies aseries of rollers, operated by cams arranged on wheels or disks, said dies, rollers, and cams so operating upon the iron which forms the horseshoes as to bend it closely to the dies.

My invention also consists in combining wit-h said .yielding dies a grooving-die, so arranged and operating y 4with relation to them. as to'press and clamp the outer edges of the horseshoes while being grooved, and then discharge them from the machine in a nished condi- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement in y `horseshoe-machines.

Figure 2 isa top view or plan of the same. Figure is a vertical audlolngitudinal section of the same, at line y of fig. 2.

Figure 4 is an end View of the same, 'with a'port-ion of their-ame removed,`as indicated at line y in iig. 2. Figure 5 is transverse section of the' same, when cut 'through at line y" of fig; 2. j

Figure 6 is a front view of the frames and rollers used for Vpressing the ironagainst the yielding dies.

Figure 7 is a vertical section of the'sauie, when cut through at line n; of Iig. 6.

Figure 8 is atop view of the groovingidie. In the accompanying drawing-K Arepresents the frame of machinel B and 0, the driving-wheels,- which are shaftsl and m.

' The teeth of wheels B gear into the teeth 18 ofthe wheel 0, which is also provided J'with four series of teeth, marked O, 0', 0, and 0', and four blank secured on y spaces, V, which are soar-ranged' with relation to the y teeth 0,0', 0, and 0', as to leave a blank space be tween each series of teeth, as shown in Iig. 1.

'Theteeth 0, 0', 0", and 0', gear into the teeth on the sector Don the end` of shaft 10, upon which is secured a sector, B', onwhich are secured the grooviugdie m and the clamps u., which press and hold the outer edge of the shoe while being grooved or creased by the projections S. on the face of thedie lm', (see li". 8.) A v p D.The teeth 0, 0', 0", and 0, and the blank spaces V are arranged withl relation to the yielding diesl in periphery of the wheel R, and the projecting dies 2 on the periphery of the wheel P, so that they will gear into the teeth on sector D at suitable intervals, and in conjunction with the spring c, impart a reciprocating motion to the sector l5', and the die 'm' and clamp u, so that the reciprocating movements of the groovjngdie m will be lin harmony with the movementsV of wheels R and P, and the dies 1 and 2 arranged thereon.

The dies 1 correspond to the form ofthe opening A in the horseshoe, and are held ont in their workingposition by the springs 9`placed under them and in the cavity in the pieces marked 25, the arrangement of which is clearly shown in iig. 3 of Sheet B.

0n each side of the wheels R and-P, on aline where the faces of the dies l and 2 meet -each other, and directly under the grooves 5 in the pieces 26, are rollers, J', K, and K which are pivoted in frame l', and the two pieces, n, which are pivoted to the frame lat the point 14, (see figs. 2, 5, 6, and 7,) and the frame 'l' `and pieces a, with the rollers J, K, and K', are suspended on the projecting pieces 28 of the frame A.

To the lower end of the pieces n are pivoted at the points marked 21, sliding pieces l, -which move in aper tures made Vin 'the sides of the frame A, (see figs. 1

"and'3.) Y

From each of thesepieces 2 projects `upward an Y.

arm, n, in which is pivoted a pulley, 8..

The rollers J, K, and K are used for pressing thef iron, for forming the shoe, agaiust'the sides ofthe dies 1v. during the process of bending it,.and are made operative through. the medium of cams' on the wheels or 'disks f, located on each side `of theV wheels or disks R and l), all ofv which wheels or disks are secured in a fixed position on the shafts l and m.

y To'one'sideof one of the pieces 26, is pivoted a jam, J', whichis made operativethrgh the medium 0f projections S on the peripheryof the wheels f, opposite to the jams J'.

' The cutter 4 is secured to the jams J', and is made operative through the forward movements of the jam.

lThe clamps u are made operativethrough the niedium of rollers' S pivoted inthe arms D', which are supported inthe pieces e', and can be' adjusted by means of screwnuts 11 and l12, (see fig. 4.)

As the construct-ion and arrangement of the several parts of the machine, and the relation that'saidparts bear to each other, will readily be understood from the foregoing description and by reference to` the accompanying drawings, I will, therefore, proceed to describe the Operation of the machine and its parts during the operation ot' forming a horseshoe.

Having the iron of the proper thickness and width for formin gthe horseshoe, and properly heated by a suitable furnace, or as it comes hot from the rolls, it is placed in groove 5 of the pieces 26, so that the end of the iron will press against the guide 6, secured in groove 5, (see iig. 1,) motion being impart-ed to the wheel B by applying power to crank g, it will revolve the wheel C, and with the revolving of the wheels B vand G, will revolve the shafts l and lm. and the wheels -secured on them. Now, the projections S' coming against the jam J', will force it and the cutter 4 forward, and thereby ont oli' the iron for a horseshoe. The jam J and its cutter4 will then drop hack of their own gravity. At this point, the die 1 will be brought down On the top edge of the iron in the groove 5, and commence bending it down; and simultaneously with the bending of the iron by the die 1, the cams 3 on one side ot' the wheels f, will commence pressing against the rollers K, which will cause the rollers K' to press in toward the sides ofthe die 1, and at the same time the cams 3 on the outside of wheels f will cornmence pressing against the rollers 8, pivoted in the arms u, and cause them and the lower ends of the pieces a to move toward the sides ofthe machine, which will cause the rollers J, pivote-d in the upper ends of the pieces n, tO also press in toward the sides of die 1, thereby causing the iron, as' it is being bent by the downward movement ot' the die, to be pressed close to the sides of it. p

1t will be observed that the projecting dies 2 on wheel l, move iu harmony with the dies 1 on wheel Il. The face of dies 2 pressing against the face of the dies 1 while bending the iron for the shoe, will cause them,to yield to the circular form of the face of the die 2. As soon as' the dies 1 and 2 and the cams 3, have passed by the rollers, and the next set of dies and cams.

has commenced its work for forming a shoe, then one of the four series of teeth O O O" 0" will begin to mesh into the 'teeth on the sector D, and thereby carry the sector D forward, which will bring the sector B', with its groovingdie m up against the die 1, and bring the shoe in between the clamps lu, which, comingagainst the rollers S, will cause them to clamp and press against the edges of the shoe while being grooved, by being pressed down on the projections S on the face of the grooving-die m. The sector D will then carry the sector B downward, so that the ann c will shove the shoe olf the grooving-die on', allowing it to drop from the machine a finished shoe, at which point the teeth of theysector D will become unshipped from the teeth of the wheel-B, and the spring c will cause the sector D to be drawn back, so as to bring it and the sector B', and die m' into position for the next shoe and next movements of the machine, and thus one shoe after another is lformed by the moveinet-ts of the parts, as hereinbefore described.

Having thus described the nature, construction and operation of my improvement,

What I claim as ot' my invention is- 1. The arrangement of the disks P and R, the several series of dies l and 2, the two pairs of levers a, the several rollers connected with said levers, and the several cams On the several wheels f, all arranged and operating with relation to eachother, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement Of the clamps a, adjustable rollers S, with the dies mi and 1, constructed, arranged, and Operating with relation to each other, substantial!)1 as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN WASSELL.

Witnesses:

A. C. JOHNSTON, JAMES G. THOMPSON. 

